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Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-01
ANAHEIM EXHIBIT.
A Fine Showing from the Pioneer
Colony.

Colony.
The exhibit Of the products of Ana
helm and vicinity, Of which mention
was made concerning it few days since
in our columns, has now been opened at
the office of the Los Angeles Land Bu.
reau, on First street, near Spring, and
the showing made is certainly very
creditable one, and is attracting consid.
erable attention to this stolid colony set.
Element which has been quietly pro.
crossing unbeknown to large extent to
the outside world. The exhibit com.
prises elegant samples of the citrus fruit,
orange and lemon, English walnuts,
peanuts, sugar beets and an extra large
pumpkin, weighing about $50 pounds,
samples of pampas grass, raisins and On
elegant assortment of different varieties
of native wines for table use, viz: Ziu-
faudel. K'esling and other varieties.
Quite an attendance of sightseeing peo.
ple and newly arrived visitors have ex.
amined the display very thoroughly.
and it has elected considerable inq uiry,
not only for lAnaheim, but for
considerable territory lying adj.
jacent to Los Angeles. It is
proposed to make use Of the same dis.
play for the public meeting which has
been announced for next Monday even
ing at Armory Hall for the purpose Of
collecting and disseminating present
resources and future of Southern Cali.
fornia, with particular reference to Los
Angeles and suburbs. A number of
gentlemen from our prominent citizens
have been invited to address the meet
ing, and no doubt quite an attendanee
will be secured for the meeting, as valus
liable information will be brought out
by the different speakers with reference
to the advantages of securing an invest
ment and homes in Southern California
At the conclusion of the meeting ar
rangements will be completed for the
grand excursion which will take place
starting from Los Angeles next Wednes.
day, January 5th, on the Anaheim
branch Of the Southern Pacific. The
terminal Of the excursion will be Ana.
helm, where teams will be provided
by the citizens, and very thorough ex-
animation of the town and country
about can be obtained. An extra special
rate has been arranged with the railroad
company, and the tickets, it is under
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-01
Puell to-.

Bids fair to become the Oil City of
California. Manufacturers will do we'll
to investigate this place and see
it's great advantages. Five wells are
now being pumped and the sixth is be.
ing sank. Greater developments will
soon follow, as every evidence indicates
an extensive oil field. A pipe line has
already been laid to the Oil Depot. A
boom has just struck Puente. Visitors
will find a nice Hotel with modern i'm.
provement and we'll kept. 1t is de-
lightful place for health and rest.
Puente has good opening for the near
future. A number of stores have been
built recently. A brick block has just
been started and others will follow,
as bricks are furnished at 81 per thous
and to builders on the tract. Several
cottages are under way. A $500 school
house is about to be huilt, also o church,
etc. Call ON Pomeroy & Stunson, Is,
Coast street for prices and further par.
ticulars.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-01
Rosamond Country.

The new town OF Rosamond, laid out
by the s. P. X. r. Co. last fall, situated
some eleven miles north of Lancaster,
and fourteen miles south of Moiave,
gives promise of becoming q sprightly
railroad town at no distant day. The
railroad company have erected a tank
holding fifty. five thousand gallons of
water, put in a half mile of side.track,
and are now preparing to erect small
depot, waiting room, ticket office and
freight warehouse, for the convenience
of the rapidly increasing patronage re-
sulting from the development of the
country on both sides of the road for a
distance of fifteen miles. Col. I. s.
Harris who is pioneer in journalism on
the Pacific Coast, has lately started o
weeklypaper, The Antelope Valley Ne,cs,
that is dong the agreeable in calling at.
tention to the merits of that growing
section. A hotel, blacksmith shop,
lumber yard, and wire and lath fence
factory, as well as postoffice and livery
stable have already been established,
forming nuclues for country town of
no mean pretenlions. Over sixty town
lots and eight or ten acre lots adjoining
the townsite have been sold to parties
who are making improvements on them,
The country lying immediately west of
Rosamond is of light sandy loan, cas-
lily cultivated, and particularly adapted
to fruits >and vines as we'll as all the
products Of n fine farming country. The
introduction Of water from a mountain
cafion in the Tehachepi mountain, to
these lands, has prompted farmers to go
on these Ia Ids that are proving to be as
choice lands as any of the. choice lands
on the mesas of the San BernRrdino val
ley. The trade of this section EQmes to
Los Angeles, and will in the near future
become quite factor with our bust2ess
men and contribute largely 10 its PROS
perity. .
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-01
Description ana Value Of Property.

stood, will be placed at 81 for the round
trip, including an elegant banquet to be
given by committee of forty ladies, ap.
pointed by the citizens OF Anaheiu. The
exhibits Of the products at the Los An.
geles Land Bureau will be maintained
until Monday afternoon, and will be on
view tomorrow. Quite an extensite
excursion has been outlined to leave Los
Angeles on Sunday morning, to return
same day, as q number of persons have
expressed desire to examine the land
somewhat in advance of the grand ex.
cursion and public sale.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-01

two beautiful show. windows and txten.
sive showcases affords the purchaser
splendid opportunity to select his
goods and cater to his taste with the
greatest of luxury and ease. By his
keeping well to the front with all the
latest styles, and having thorough
knowledge Of the art of providing q
tasty aud becoming covering for the
head, Mr.. Desmond has secured q pat.
ronage from many of the ablest heads in
the country and built up trade that
Genin, Yomen, or Dunlap, the most dis.
tinguished hatters of the country, might
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-01
PHE BUILDING BOOM.
! New Residences and
Business Blocks.
i FINE SHOWING MADE.
y Sbrts:ng and Successful
What tney Have Ac-
conplished.

building boom of Los Angeles
ersasing. and has every pros
- it.of increasing in the same
years to come, it naturally
most important topic for con-
and, granting that OF the
mierauts who are to arrive this
6O remain in Los Angeles or
the question Of where they
e one Of vital importance. and
= ION OF where and how to build
I6dhe minds of all who love do
- nnd = home Of their own.
r woman has some idea of
house they desire, each
y her own opinion Of the
of the floor plan. and exte.
This Of course keeps our
q builders very busy.
y lArchitects of Los Angeles
NE that deserve more notice
Z m Of Strange & Gottschalk.
= pth are young men and have
= hess together as affirm but
- they have had in that
~ time, buildings, aggregat.
- 9266Oo, of which all the
the Electric Railway
oo hsociation forms no small
Range, the senior member
~ ss tsen in Los Angeles for
! years and is q practical
= thoroughly competent to
eeul stN construction of any
F1oGB on t1fectly familiar with
j Il sxpeote6 that tend to make
- dons in 81 attractive, substan.
~ nisehiefGr. Gottschslk il but
y oglntfl Louis where he studi.
- fQG at the Washington
= 1at city. Their business is
sins. and the confidence re-
x r. - by some Of our most promi.
.i';c7r men is 9 fact that insures
rSI eSxned success. They are
riiax plans for several very large
~ "a business blocks, and
4 n1 1onbt from their past show
- = ths end of this year there
irf] asnes erected by them which
- honor to the city and fitting
80 70 their genius and ability.
rors 9 PLEASURE to see such en-
\. snergy, and zeal in young men,
~ IL Z business that embraces
sSst field, such intricate points
.n1e observances as architecture.
s them success.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-01
THE RAMIE PLANT.

y nnoe ehos Means Millions
11ir n1knaA and Moist Lands.
1ar,is. or Rsmeh plant, native
iuf fndia, now promises to prove
.11.< q rsvsnue and inaugurate an
- kithsrto unknown in Southern
le ehst viii add still another to
uinsd resources Of this lsnl
Sr16u uroductiveness. Experi-
vith the cultivation of the
81 Professor 4. w. Hill
niifornia Univeryity, are of
- character. Tho Pro.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-01
A sensible Man

Would use Kemp's Ba,sam for the throat
and lungs. 1t Is curing more cases OF
coughs, colds asthma, bronchitis. Group
and all throat aud lung troubles. than any
lied H. d. Godfrey to refund your money
II, after taking three-fourths Of bottle, re.
lief is not obtained. Price SOC. and 81.
Trial size free.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-01
Grand total of vessels. .

Grand total OF vessels. ", ...... $50
Exported to Great Britain 81 1897 NSacks Of
wheat. weighing IL .e52, 1888 pounds, vaAped at
S151,7l1.
There are now IA British ships dug at
the port and 20 coasting vessels. Fhe
latter were detained by rough weathdr
on the northern coast. Had they arrived
in the usual time the tonnage of the
port would have been heavily increased.
As it Is now it is very largss and the con.
dition of the port should be improved
and protected by further Congressional
legislation.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-01
SHIPPING NEWS.

Arrivals and Departures from
san Pedro i'm 1886.
Following are the arrivals and depar-
lures from the harbor of San Pedro up
to December 81 of the past year:
FOREIGN TRADE.
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-03-02
An Unsafe Trick.

Some Of the small boys down town
have adopted a novel but rather dan
gerous trick which they play with
great success upon their older and un-
suspecting neighbors, and even the
day patrolmen get takenin The boys
procure piece of wire twelve to six
teen feet long. They fasten one end o.
it to the electric light wires and the
other end is hitched to some object
that will keep it taut. It is generally
placed over the sidewalk in such a
manner that the passer-by cannot
but help take hold OF it. The trap is
not put up till the beginning OF dusk,
because it is not effective until the
electric wires are in operation. Then
it Is put up and the boys hide near
by and await developments.
Soon an. anwary traveller comes
along. and, seeing the wire stretched
across the walk just above his head,
reaches up to pull it, down. Nosooner
does his hand touch it than he drops
it with a howl OF pain, and he is greet
ed with roars of laughter from the
boys, who stand at a distance. Our
readers will readily see the cause for
the unfortunate mans pain. The
electricity which passes over the piece
OF wire is what causes him to drop
it so suddenly. Of course it is not so
strong as on the main wires. Ii it
was the person touching it might be
instantly killed. AS it is, the practice
IS very dangerous and should be I'M
medlately stopped. Already several
persons have been caught by the sim
Pile trap. and the other day one OF
the policemen grabbed hold of one of
the small wires Tor the purpose of
pulling it down and the electric shock
he received was pretty severe. He
suffered from the pain nearly all
night. The boys, if caught in the act
Iof setting their trap, will be pretty
severely dealt with by the officers OF
the Elizabeth N. J. Herald.
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-03-02
How Pat Went Courtins.

She's consinted at last! Fur two
years I'd thocht dale ov Nelly Nc
sCusker, only I had nothin' ov an
Irish boys bouldness to up and tell er
that same, says write- in she Leeds
(England) Mercury. But yesterday
sez | to mysilf- Pat Murky, now'sy yer
tonne, or niver. Nelly was in the pan
try washin' dishes, an sumthin shout
ed: AK her! She's too busy to look
Mt yer, onyway. So starts on wild
Troth, Nelly, it's a bad loife for a boy
to be livin' alone Yis, sez she, wild
nary twinkle, Mike Ryan, that's jist
bin sent to prison, is in bad way in
daae. Och, sez I, there's mony boy
that's lonely livin' rite wild his friends
an naybors. Sure an I'm lonesome
mesilf. How can I b'lave that, sez
she, whin y've got fddul? Fidduls,
sez ], are cheerin,' but I've got me
two eyes set on sonnet, somethin
cheeriner. She forgot to ak me what
that sumthin' wus, so I trotted OF by
another road, sayin': Faith. Nelly,
I'm goin' back to ould Ireland. In
dade, sez she, hirtin' the dish-rag.
An, it's d pity ye iver cum over. Yis'
siz /, Jane said that same in her last
lether.
An, who's Jane? axt Nelly, gettin'
red loiks the crabs on the table besoid
her. She thinks power O. me, sez I,
onheedin'. Shure an that's quare.
Is she young-as me? Yis. An batter
lookin'? Paple moight think so,
An is she waitin' fur ye? Yis.
She'll be changin' names sure, reck-
on? Yis. Watts her name now?
Jane-Murky! cried I, wild delight.
Thin she's your sister? sez Nelly, cross
ez her mistress. Well, it amt much
matter, SEEM ez how I've got boy
wotchln' fur me over in Ballycoran:
Watts his name? axt L, turnin' hot
an cold all at wunst. Barney Flynn,
sez she. About me size? Yis. An
duz he luv ye? Mix to the Vargin.
Is he comm over sure? Why not,
bedad? Och, Pat, he's married al
rlddy! The spalpeen! says I. Don't
give him hard names, sez she Barney
Flynn's me stip- -bruther!
Then she lafft that purity laff O.
leru, au WenC up ClOSe. Nel!y, SeZ
I. Wat, Pat? Cud We luv a
boy loike me? Troth an 1 wouldn't t
thry. Why not, darlint? Faith,
| was niver axt to. Then I'll AK ye
now. don't do it, sez she. Pm that
full O. work I couldn't reply for a
month, and the dishes few'd ivry wich
way ez she said it. But sat down on
the stip. kin wait, sez I. The mis-
thress will come an foind yez here.
III be PLACED to mate her. I'll tell her
ye're q robber Begorra, that's just
what I am, for Pm after Nelly McCusk-
er's hearth. Yell be arristed. I hav
bin alriddy and yer blu eyes did it!
sez I. Cum Nelly, lock me up i'll yer
warm heart foriver Och, it's bouited
an Tve lost the key Then III coimb
In at the wlnder. She hung her curly
he'd fur a mint, and whin she lookt up
| axr her to be my wolfe. I'll guy We
foive secinds, sez I. Eff ye wull, Just
totch me the big pewter spoon ye've
been wipin,; eff you won't, then put it
back in the drawer! She peeped at ME
over the top av it. Dye name what
ye say, Pat? Yis, darlint, sez l. Thin
here's the spoon.
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-03-02
A Terrible Chance.

From the Boston Pilot.
In the Century magazine for Decem-
Der is a little story entitled, "An
American Beauty" 1t Is by Mrs.
Edith Evelyn Bigelow. and is a blood
curdling narrative OF the narrow es-
cape OF British Lord from falling in
to the terrible disgrace OF mesalli-
ance. The hero is 'Lord Bayswater,"
the heroine, Jessie Raynham," an
American beauty, whom the Prince of
Wales has honored with his notice.
She captivates the Earl OF Bayswater,
who is described as "having the used
up, weary air of the well-bred man
of fashion," a description which
his lnsipd remarks fully sustain. The
heroine is called a mere doll, but, per-
haps, because she is an American doll,
her conversation is above the intel
.lectual level Of her nobleadmirer. He
TAILS in love with her, very rapidly o.
trourse, and is on the point of propos-
ing, when the aged family lawyer
comes on the scene and saves him from
destruction by proving that the faith
er OF the American beauty had been,
thirty five years previously, a groom
on the Bayswater estate. The young
lord has momentary spasm ofman-
hood which prompts him to say:
F "She can not help it. Why
should Inot marry her?" Because"
said Mr.. Marsham gravelv, "because
you owe it to unborn generations to
keep the blood of the Rivertons pure.
You would blush to have your fathers
groom the grandfather of your chill
dren.''
Bayswater once more turned away,
and for few moments again all was
still. Then he faced Marsham with a
look of mingled pain and courage.
by Jove, you're right" huskily.
Then, as though speaking to himself:
THAT settles it. =
q So it did. The chivalrous Bays
water stole off by night and fled to
Norway in his yacht. leaving the
American beauty to mourn; "for the
doll had a heart,' and mourned her
loss. Comment on this delicious piece
of literary snobbery would be vain
when one has not the pen of frhackeraY
to do it justice. For the story is
written i'll all seriousness, and the au-
thor apparently believes that the
"blood Of the Rivertons'' would be
contaminated by admixture with that
of an, honest man. Such touching
faith in the "aristoxy" implies an ig-
norance OF their manners and morals
as profound as it israre in these days
OF candle criticism.
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-03-02

Marshall MacMahon, formerly Pres
ident of the French Republic, now IS
years old, has returned to Paris. He
leads a very quiet l1fe As a mark of
respect he has assigned to him two ar
my officers, who compose his staff.
Last summer Roswell Brown, OF
Mystic, Conn, put some watermelons
in his cellar. and one OF them was
covered up and forgotten. just be-
fore THANKSGIVING it was discovered
in good condition, and the Browns
ate it on Thanksgiving Day, and en-
joyed it.
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-03-02
Women Athletes.

| w VAAAGAA 6AOkkxE1kOSs
Many people have been at q loss to
know where the female athletes learn
the art by which they earn a iveli.
hood. A professor has private gym
nasium in an uptown street at which
many OF the queens of the air are in
structed in the science of hanging by
their toes and going through various
other acts we'll known to the frequent
ers OF the circus and the variety thea
tire. A reporter for New York paper
had a long talk with this professor on
the subject a day or two ago. When
he entered the studio he found the
professor instructing two young wom-
en- in trapeze maneuvres. The
visitor was invited into pri-
vate loom, as it is against the
rules for any one to be present
while pupils are taking lessons. The
rooms were decorated with poto-
graphs OF the shining lights OF ,e pro-
fession whom the professor has fitted
for the business. After the lesson
was over, the professor took the
scribe through the different apart
ments. 81 am the only man in the
city, said he, "who instructs ladies
in the art OF performing on the tra-
peze."
81 suppose q person must be very
young and supple at the first start to
make anything like o good aero.
bat?"
"That's where you are entirely
wrong. sir. Any woman can become a
good performer after q proper course
of training. if she be healthy and not
too stout. 1t Is all mechanical, and
can be acquired only by constant
practice. | have ladies come to
me who are anything but graceful, and
by following my advice and sugges-
tlons closely they have become first
class performers and are now earning
good salaries. Many fail because they
can't stand the hardship inseparable
from the first few days practice. After
the initial lesson they decline to take
the rest Of the course. Nine persons
out of every ten give it up after
the first lesson. II they would only
keep on the pain would gradually dis.
appear. The first lesson consists OF
hanging by the hands, and swinging to
and fro across the room, which | have
them to do in order to satisfy myself
OF their strength. They generally
swing across twice and fall upon a
feather bed. The next figure is to hang
from the bar by the hands. After they
have gone SO far, they take hold of the
ropes and slide up into sitting posi-
ton. After a few moments rest
make them get down by reversing the
motion.
"When | have progressed thus far. l
teach them to hang by their knees
This is not quite so difficult as th e
previous lesson. After they have gon
through this motion several times,
they feel like going home. When a
woman has gone as far as this with
out complaining much, it is pretty
safe to say she will succeed in the pro-
fesslon she has chosen. Most of them
think every muscle in the body has
been severed"
"How long does il require a woman
to become profcient?"
That depends entirely upon the pu-
Pill; but l can generally tell what the pu-
pill will amount to as a performer af-
ter | have Civ en- her two lessons"
''Do you ever have any accidents?'
every seldom; / always look out
for them. Slim women generally make
the most scientific performers
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-03-02

Ex- Senator Thurman isseventy-two
years old, worth 500. 900, and frank
IL admits that lie would like to be
President. He is making $50, 600
year, it is said, as legal adviser to his
professional brethren. who visit Col
#umbus from all parts of the state to
consult him. His fee in such cases is
never less than 500.
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-03-02
A Considerate Cabby.

French Paper: A young man thrusts his head
out of the window OF cab and cries to the
driver:
Thy don't you go faster? am going to bs
married this morning. and at this rate will ar
rive too late for the wedding.
Driver tsympatheticallyE well. what Of it'll
lam giving you plenty et time toledect..
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-03-02
MINNESOTA NEWS,
Important County Seat decision.

Last fall an eloc.ion was held in
Wadena county o. uhe question OF remov-
ing the county seat from Wadena to Vern-
dale. The election resulted in favor OF re.
The people OF Verndale then
contested the election on the
ground OF fraud and a great deal OF bad
blood was stirred up in the controversy.
few weeks ago Fisk & Evans OF Minneap-
oils. attorneys ior the defendants, moved
for dismissal. the main ground taken being
that the legislative act for 1885 for the re-
moval ofcounty seats was unconstitution-
al. This position has been sustained by
Judge SteHrns in al order dismissing the
suit, in which appears the following memo
randum:
i fully realize that district court ought
to be very cautious about holding an act
OF the legislature unconstitutional, but it
seems SO clear to me that the act of 1885,
Tor the removal OF county seate, is in di-
rect conflict with both the letter and spirit
OF constitution, that cannot do other
vi han hold it unconstitutional without
fa. ythat Ihave viola ted my oath OF office.
II, the act one class of counties may
70 ever, as often as they choose, change
their county seat by a majority vote, ,onee,
twice, or more times. Fixing it by vote
of the electors will not transfer them
to the class requiring a three-tifth vote.
While counties which have "heretofore'
fixed their county seat by vote OF
the electors, can only change it
at any time by a three tifths
vote. To make such distinction
between countries which 'heretofore'' and
such as may hereafter fix their county
seats by vote, a permanent distinction
which shall last through all time is MAX
ing an important distinction where there
lis no substantial difference. Nor can the
act be saved by discarding the proviso.
The proviso is not unconstitutional; it is
not inconsistent with the body of the
section. TO strike it out and apply the
body of the section to all the counties OF
the state would be in clear defiance OF the
Legislative will.